# Blind Injustice

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/blind-injustice>

**By** Mark Godsey, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** October 29, 2021

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Prosecutor turned champion for the innocent, Mark Godsey, joins the podcast to talk about what happens in court during wrongful convictions.

## Shownotes:

Godsey explores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice system—confirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and others—and illustrates each with stories from his time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project.

Why do people become prosecutors? What sorts of relationships do prosecutors have with judges?

## Further Reading:

[Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions](https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Injustice-Prosecutor-Psychology-Convictions/dp/0520287959), written by Mark Godsey